Effects of spines and thorns on Australian arid zone herbivores of different body masses

Oecologia

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 521-528

  Belovsky, Gary E ^a   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a   Slade, J B ^a   Dawson, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia, kangaroos; Herbivory; Plant defenses; Plantanimal interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; CATTLE; EURO; KANGAROO; RABBIT; RED KANGAROO; SHEEP; SPINE; THORN;

AUSTRALIA;

BOS TAURUS; MACROPUS ROBUSTUS; MACROPUS RUFUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0026363856     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317715     Document Type: Article

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